//My parents are awesome! Yes, a lot. We are sometimes teasing each other, actually I am sure that I am teasing them 100% more 😀 and maybe especially because of my “great” ideas as:,,Mum, dad, I stopped university and I am going to Finland…” ,,Mummy, daddy, I wanna go to work and live in Stockholm…” OR ,,Mum, dad, I would like to have a dog…” ,,Mummy, daddy, I quit my university, I do not know what I will do but let’s see…” I am not pretty sure if they ever wanted me to change for other kid or sell me or something 😀 but after I went to Finland (and I made my idea come true) and they came to visit me, I realized that my awesome ideas are maybe not that crazy :D. Aren’t my parents awesome?! 😀 Not all parents would come to visit their kids and also just for few days… I even told them that they do not have to come, it was not really cheap and I also told them that I will see them in less than one month, home in Prague. My dad answered me:,,But we are not coming just because of you we are really looking forward for Finland and Finnish nature.” Note: They are also obsessed with Northern countries and they came to visit me even 3 years ago to my Erasmus in Finland. OK! See you soon… Ou, and I am wishing to have a dog since I was around 6 years old and after 18 years?! I still do not have any… 😀

//Arrival was planned for Thursday 16th of November and departure on Monday 20th of November, so three full days with my funny parents. Yes, now I know after whom I am so crazy! In the best possible meaning :-). Few days before arrival I was really looking forward to see them, it was also maybe because I had small crisis :D. And when they came I was really touched! 😀

//On Friday, the day of public holiday (in Prague) we went to Jyväskylä. Sightseeing tower (where I was many times), square with the church = Kirkkopuisto (there is just one like this), we even went to school canteen and parents were really happy (also as my sisters were, when they were there in September :D). The main part and maybe the best one was museum of Alvar Aalto, Finnish designer and architect, which was really nice (how my sisters said and recommended). My dad made great atmosphere because he guided us through the exhibition and talked about it, although he did’t know a lot about it. Informative signs with historian’s knowledge and fan of Northern countries made really good experience from the exhibition.

//On Saturday we went for a little hike to Levonmäki national park and to funny peninsula Joutsniemi where diameter of peninsula is so small that you can see from the middle to both sides – lakes. Really nice, beautiful nature, great walk… But I was still a bit ill so I couldn’t breath at all :D. In the evening our Finnish family prepared for us great program so called Pikkujoulu = Little Christmas. Finns are celebrating it before Christmas as a family party or a party with colleagues from work. There are many of them starting for example at the beginning of November and sometimes can happened that they are in January :D. We ate homemade pizza, gingerbreads, drunk glögi (with 96% ethanol, do not ask me, really funny, just a family of doctors:D) and we enjoyed the evening a lot. Also our neighbors came so it was really good Pikkujoulu.

//From Friday we still had few Alvar Aalto’s place/arts left so we went to Säynätsalo to see town hall and to Muuratsalo to see his cottage which he designed too. Really nice places. After that we went to Nyrölä where I was in September with my sisters. There in the middle of forests is a lake with a little island and you can cross the water on a little ferry… Awesome!! When my parents heard about it they wanted to go too. They were really happy!!! And they liked it probably the most… The darkness expelled us from the forest really early (around half past 4) so we went back to Jyväskylä and Muurame. Awesome smoked salmon ended up our great day and even more awesome weekend with my parents. On Monday morning I drove them to the train station, waved to them and thanked a lot that they came to visit me.